[Boatanchors] Strange message - Followup

rbethman rbethman at comcast.net
Fri Aug 28 16:31:13 EDT 2009


Gary,

Not a problem!

It just looked fishy all the way around.

It simply disturbed some of us and we wanted to ensure the list system 
didn't get hacked or infected with malaware.

Thanks!

Bob - N0DGN

Gary Pewitt wrote:
> Sorry for the trouble. I sent the message, I thought, to the list 
> manager. I got the message from, I thought, the list manager. It said 
> my address had been sending spam. I have completely removed
> windows from my computer, formatted all hard drives, repartitioned all 
> drives, and installed Ubuntu Linux as the -only- operating system on 
> my computer. As far as I know Linux is not vulnerable to bot-nets so I 
> suspected the message to be a fishing attempt. So I tried to send it 
> to the list manager to see if it was genuine. I apologize for the 
> mistake and I will try not to make any more.
> 73 Gary N9ZSV
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